The Air King was created by Hans Wilsdorf to honour the World War II pilots and has been in production for over 70 years. Pilots and Rolex enthusiasts have adopted the Air King and companies like Pan-Am gave them as retirement gifts to their pilots.

This version, the reference 5700 was the first version of the Air King collection to feature a date window at 3 o’clock and was fitted with the calibre 1535 movement. This watch is set in the original 34mm steel round Oyster case with the twin-lock screw-down crown for basic water resistance up to 100M. The dial is a silver sun burst finish (mint condition) with applied baton hour markers, topped with luminous dots. Presented on a solid steel tapered link Oyster bracelet with a folding clasp.

Originally purchased in October 1979 and in mint condition for its age, the watch comes supplied with the original inner box, Oyster instruction booklet, leather warranty holder, original sales receipt and guarantee paper.